Movie

Marvin & Tige

(en)

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5.0

Sometimes it takes a friend to make the pieces fit

1985

1h44m

Marvin & Tige

Drama

Overview: Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he discovers who Tige's father is a rich suburbanite who doesn't even know Tige exists. Should Marvin, and can he, give up the boy he loves, and who loves him, in favor of a stranger with the right genes and bank balance?

Status: Released

Release date: March 8, 1985

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Top Cast

John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

as Marvin

Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

as Richard Davis

Gibran Brown

Gibran Brown

as Tige Jackson

Denise Nicholas

Denise Nicholas

as Vanessa Jackson

Fay Hauser

Fay Hauser

as Brenda Davis

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